Hose-protector.



C. R. DABNEY.

HOSE PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION HLED IAN-30.1917.

Patented Dec. 4, 1917.

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Application filed January 30, 1917.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CLIFFORD R. DABNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of'Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hose-Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in protectors, and more particularly to hose protectors.

The primary object of the inventionresides in the provision. of a device of the above stated character wherein the protector is so designed, whereby upon the application of the protector to a hose, the former will be prevented from any accidental displacement from the latter.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a protector which is simple in construction, durable in use and may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features, details of construction and combination of parts which will hereinafter be more fully set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the appended claim.

Figure l is a perspective view of the protector constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the protector shown in applied position; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view tector removed from the hose.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawing, in which like characters of reference refer to corresponding parts in the several views, 5 denotes a portion of a hose of the usual conventional form having the usual coupling 6 connected thereto for attaching the hose to a faucet or the like. A clamp 7 is adapted to embrace the hose at a point in rear of the coupling 6 and provided with the usual spaced. ears 8 through which a screw 9 passes having connected therewith a nut 10. It is obvious that this nut and bolt conof the pro- Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 145,512.

nection will serve to connect the clamp to the hose for detachable connection therewith. This clamp is in the nature of a thin yieldable band of substantially circular form and provided exteriorly with an annular groove 11. As shown, the material forming the clamp is depressed at a point along the longitudinal axis of the strip forming the clamp, in an inward direction, providing the exterior surface of the band, utilizing the depressed portion as the groove of the clamp, and the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully set forth as the desiription of the invention is proceeded wit I employ a protector 12 constructed from a single strand of wire and spiraled around the hose to serve as a protector for the hose. The outermost convolute 13 of the protector is terminally bent in an upward and outward direction, as denoted by the character 14, to provide an inclined shoulder adapted to engage on the band to one side of the spaced ears 8. The material forming the protector is thence continued from the outer terminal of the shoulder in a lateral annular direction to provide a yieldable guard 15 adapted to fit in the groove 11 of the band,

- thus preventing any accidental slipping action of the protector with relation to the hose. The terminal of the material forming the guard is defined directly under the head of the screw 9, thus preventing any accidental rotary movement of the protector upon the said hose.

From the foregoing connection with the description, taken in accompanying drawing, the advantages of construction and the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates, and while I have described the principles of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I' desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when de sired as are within the scope of the appended claim.

Patented Dec. a, wit... 7

What is claimed as new, is:

In combination With a hose clamp provided With an annular groove, of a protector for the hose and an annular yieldable 5 guard formed on one terminal of the protector and adapted to engage in the groove of the clamp to prevent any accidental slipping action of the protector from a hose, and an inclined shoulder formed continuous with the protector and abutting With the m clalnp When the said protector is in applied pos1tion. t

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. CLIFFORD R. DABNEY.

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